NYSE:BKU - BankUnited Stock Price, Price Target & More

BankUnited trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKU."

BankUnited declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 26th. Investors of record on Monday, July 16th will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Tuesday, July 31st. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 13th. View BankUnited's Dividend History.

BankUnited declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, January 24th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $150,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.77 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.05. The financial services provider had revenue of $275.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $271.96 million. BankUnited had a net margin of 45.31% and a return on equity of 11.16%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.57 EPS. View BankUnited's Earnings History.

BankUnited is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for BankUnited.

11 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for BankUnited's stock. Their predictions range from $35.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect BankUnited's stock price to reach $43.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for BankUnited.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankUnited in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Some companies that are related to BankUnited include E*TRADE Financial (ETFC), People's United Financial (PBCT), Umpqua (UMPQ), TFS Financial (TFSL), BofI (BOFI), Flagstar Bancorp (FBC), LegacyTexas Financial Group (LTXB), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Meta Financial Group (CASH), BBX Capital Corp Class B (BBXTB) and Northfield Bancorp (NFBK).

News headlines about BKU stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. BankUnited earned a coverage optimism score of 0.16 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.60 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

BankUnited's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.47%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.45%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.32%), Boston Advisors LLC (0.11%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.10%) and KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.02%). Company insiders that own BankUnited stock include Douglas J Pauls, Eugene F Demark, Jeffrey Starr, John Adam Kanas, Joseph Roberto, Mark Bagnoli and Rajinder P Singh. View Institutional Ownership Trends for BankUnited.

BKU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Rathbone Brothers plc and Boston Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold BankUnited company stock in the last year include Douglas J Pauls, Eugene F Demark, Jeffrey Starr, John Adam Kanas, Mark Bagnoli and Rajinder P Singh. View Insider Buying and Selling for BankUnited.

BKU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, KAMES CAPITAL plc, Clinton Group Inc., Fox Run Management L.L.C., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and First Financial Bank Trust Division. View Insider Buying and Selling for BankUnited.

Shares of BKU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BKU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.22.

BankUnited has a market capitalization of $4.22 billion and generates $1.36 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $614.27 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.65 on an earnings per share basis. BankUnited employs 1,763 workers across the globe.

BankUnited's mailing address is 14817 OAK LANE, MIAMI LAKES FL, 33016. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 305-569-2000 or via email at [email protected]